2018 Italian Basketball Cup
# 2018 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2018 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2018 PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 50th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 15 to 18 February 2018 in Florence, at the end of the first half of the 2017–18 LBA season.

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.

Fiat Torino went to win its first Cup ever by beating Germani Basket Brescia 69–67 in the Finals. Vander Blue was named Finals MVP of the competition.

## Qualification

Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2017–18 LBA regular season.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sidigas Avellino | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1248 | 1148 | +100 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 2 | Germani Basket Brescia | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1184 | 1087 | +97 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 3 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1153 | 1072 | +81 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 4 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1227 | 1185 | +42 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 5 | Fiat Torino | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1219 | 1186 | +33 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 6 | Red October Cantù | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1290 | 1285 | +5 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 7 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1191 | 1154 | +37 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
| 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1226 | 1199 | +27 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals 15–16 February | Quarter-finals 15–16 February | Quarter-finals 15–16 February | Semifinals 17 February | Semifinals 17 February | Semifinals 17 February | Final 18 February | Final 18 February | Final 18 February |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sidigas Avellino | 82 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 89 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 89 | 8 | Vanoli Cremona | 87 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Fiat Torino | 92 | | | |
| 4 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 60 | 5 | Fiat Torino | 92 | | | |
| 5 | Fiat Torino | 72 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Fiat Torino | 72 | | | | 5 | Fiat Torino | 69 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Germani Basket Brescia | 67 |
| 3 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 87 | | | | | | | 2 | Germani Basket Brescia | 67 |
| 6 | Red October Cantù | 105 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Red October Cantù | 105 | 6 | Red October Cantù | 82 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Germani Basket Brescia | 87 | | | |
| 2 | Germani Basket Brescia | 97 | 2 | Germani Basket Brescia | 87 | | | |
| 7 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 83 | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals

### Sidigas Avellino vs. Vanoli Cremona

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| SG | 24 | Lorenzo D'Ercole | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| SG | 25 | Jason Rich | 30 | 4 | 3 |
| PF | 10 | Maarty Leunen | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| C | 44 | Kyrylo Fesenko | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F/C | 0 | Andrea Zerini | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G/F | 1 | Dez Wells | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 6 | Bruno Fitipaldo | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 11 | Thomas Scrubb | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 55 | Hamady N'Diaye | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 57 | Salvatore Parlato | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||
| Sidigas Avellino | Vanoli Cremona |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | Michele Ruzzier | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 20 | Darius Johnson-Odom | 18 | 5 | 2 |
| SF | 2 | Simone Fontecchio | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| PF | 1 | Kelvin Martin | 11 | 6 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Henry Sims | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 6 | Giulio Gazzotti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 7 | Travis Diener | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| F | 8 | Giampaolo Ricci | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Marco Portannese | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 16 | Drake Diener | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 23 | Landon Milbourne | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||

### Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Fiat Torino

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 0 | MarQuez Haynes | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| SG | 6 | Michael Bramos | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 2 | Hrvoje Perić | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| C | 50 | Mitchell Watt | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Dominique Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 9 | Austin Daye | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| PG | 10 | Andrea De Nicolao | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| F/C | 13 | Riccardo Bolpin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F/C | 14 | Tomas Ress | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G/F | 30 | Bruno Cerella | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Walter De Raffaele ||||||
| Umana Reyer Venezia | Fiat Torino |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Diante Garrett | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| SG | 21 | Andre Jones | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 17 | Deron Washington | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| PF | 16 | Nobel Boungou Colo | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| C | 32 | Trevor Mbakwe | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Vander Blue | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| G/F | 6 | Sasha Vujačić | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| PG | 8 | Giuseppe Poeta | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| F/C | 22 | Valerio Mazzola | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| PG | 23 | Mohamed Touré | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 24 | Lorenzo Mittica | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 25 | Guy Akoua | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Paolo Galbiati ||||||

### EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Red October Cantù

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 25 | Jordan Theodore | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| SG | 0 | Andrew Goudelock | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| SF | 5 | Vladimir Micov | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| PF | 19 | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Marco Cusin | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 6 | Enrico Mario Tomba | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 7 | Davide Pascolo | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 20 | Andrea Cinciarini | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Awudu Abass | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| SG | 45 | Dairis Bertāns | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 55 | Curtis Jerrells | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 77 | Artūras Gudaitis | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Simone Pianigiani ||||||
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | Red October Cantù |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Jaime Smith | 23 | 0 | 8 |
| SG | 21 | Jeremy Chappell | 19 | 4 | 3 |
| SF | 5 | David Cournooh | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| PF | 23 | Christian Burns | 14 | 12 | 3 |
| C | 25 | Charles Thomas | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 4 | Luca Pappalardo | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 8 | Salvatore Parrillo | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| G | 10 | Maurizio Tassone | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Andrea Crosariol | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 19 | Giacomo Maspero | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 20 | Davide Raucci | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Marco Sodini ||||||

### Germani Basket Brescia vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 20 | 7 | 6 |
| SG | 2 | Lee Moore | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 34 | David Moss | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| PF | 8 | Marcus Landry | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 4 | Dario Hunt | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Martino Mastellari | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 10 | Benjamin Ortner | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 26 | Andrea Traini | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 31 | Michele Vitali | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 41 | Brian Sacchetti | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Diana ||||||
| Germani Basket Brescia | Segafredo Virtus Bologna |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Oliver Lafayette | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| SG | 3 | Michael Umeh | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| SF | 0 | Alessandro Gentile | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| PF | 8 | Filippo Baldi Rossi | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 44 | Marcus Slaughter | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 13 | Klaudio Ndoja | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 22 | Stefano Gentile | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 23 | Matteo Berti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 25 | Kenny Lawson | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Alessandro Ramagli ||||||

## Semifinals

### Vanoli Cremona vs. Fiat Torino

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 10 | Michele Ruzzier | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| SG | 20 | Darius Johnson-Odom | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 2 | Simone Fontecchio | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 1 | Kelvin Martin | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 14 | Henry Sims | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 6 | Giulio Gazzotti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 7 | Travis Diener | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 8 | Giampaolo Ricci | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Marco Portannese | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 16 | Drake Diener | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 23 | Landon Milbourne | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Romeo Sacchetti ||||||
| Vanoli Cremona | Fiat Torino |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 2 | Diante Garrett | 18 | 6 | 2 |
| SG | 21 | Andre Jones | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 17 | Deron Washington | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| PF | 16 | Nobel Boungou Colo | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| C | 32 | Trevor Mbakwe | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 1 | Vander Blue | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| G/F | 6 | Sasha Vujačić | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| PG | 8 | Giuseppe Poeta | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| F/C | 22 | Valerio Mazzola | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| PG | 23 | Mohamed Touré | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 24 | Lorenzo Mittica | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 25 | Guy Akoua | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Paolo Galbiati ||||||

### Red October Cantù vs. Germani Basket Brescia

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 2 | Jaime Smith | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| SG | 21 | Jeremy Chappell | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| SF | 5 | David Cournooh | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 23 | Christian Burns | 11 | 14 | 2 |
| C | 25 | Charles Thomas | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 4 | Luca Pappalardo | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 8 | Salvatore Parrillo | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| G | 10 | Maurizio Tassone | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Andrea Crosariol | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 19 | Giacomo Maspero | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 20 | Davide Raucci | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Marco Sodini ||||||
| Red October Cantù | Germani Basket Brescia |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 19 | 9 | 4 |
| SG | 2 | Lee Moore | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| SF | 34 | David Moss | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| PF | 8 | Marcus Landry | 17 | 5 | 2 |
| C | 4 | Dario Hunt | 9 | 11 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Martino Mastellari | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 10 | Benjamin Ortner | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 26 | Andrea Traini | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| G | 31 | Michele Vitali | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 41 | Brian Sacchetti | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Diana ||||||

## Final

In the final game Sasha Vujačić’s layup in the dying seconds lifted Fiat Torino to a 69-67 victory over Germani Basket Brescia for the club’s first Italian Cup. After a series of threes in the closing seconds left the game tied, Brescia had the ball for what appeared to be the final possession, however Marcus Landry and Luca Vitali each missed from downtown, Deron Washington picked up the loose ball and started a fast break that Vujacic finished with the winning layup. Diante Garrett paced Fiat with 16 points, Nobel Boungou Colo and Vander Blue added 11 points apiece and Washington scored 10 for the winners. Landry paced Brescia with 22 points and 9 rebounds and Michele Vitali added 14 points in defeat.

### Fiat Torino vs. Germani Basket Brescia

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 2 | Diante Garrett | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 1 | Vander Blue | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 17 | Deron Washington | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| PF | 16 | Nobel Boungou Colo | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 32 | Trevor Mbakwe | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G/F | 6 | Sasha Vujačić | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 8 | Giuseppe Poeta | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| SG | 21 | Andre Jones | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F/C | 22 | Valerio Mazzola | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| PG | 23 | Mohamed Touré | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 24 | Lorenzo Mittica | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 25 | Guy Akoua | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Paolo Galbiati ||||||
| Fiat Torino | Germani Basket Brescia |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Luca Vitali | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| SG | 2 | Lee Moore | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| SF | 34 | David Moss | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| PF | 8 | Marcus Landry | 22 | 9 | 1 |
| C | 4 | Dario Hunt | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Martino Mastellari | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 10 | Benjamin Ortner | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| SG | 16 | Giovanni Veronesi | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 20 | Abdel Fall | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 26 | Andrea Traini | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| G | 31 | Michele Vitali | 14 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 41 | Brian Sacchetti | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Andrea Diana ||||||

## Sponsors

| PosteMobile (title sponsor) Panasonic (main sponsor) Fastweb (technology partner) | Molten (official ball) MyGlass (official partner) Prozis (official nutrition partner) | Frecciarossa (official train) Timex Group (timing partner) Erreà (technical sponsor) | Eurosport (official broadcaster) Rai Sport (official broadcaster) Radio Italia (official radio) | Anthea Comune di Firenze ACF Fiorentina |
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